17 Frets - Chords, a Guitar Chord Dictionary

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:50:47 -0500

I’ve been using this now for a bit, and now that I’ve not made any changes to it in a few months, and after a failed pitch at selling it to a publisher, I’ve decided to release this into the wild. I figure it’s useful to me and at least one other person, it may be useful to others.

The essence of it is that instead of the usual tome of a chord dictionary that most are, this one plots the chord tones across 17 frets of a guitar neck, using note numbers instead of names. This way, you don’t have 12 versions of a minor 9th chord, but only one. Amongst other things, this and the included index can help you find voicings, or good substutions for chords. In any case, printed double sided, the thing runs about eighteen pages, slim enough to keep in a music binder or folder you might use during practices or performances.

17 Frets - Scales, A Guitar Scale Encyclopedia

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:50:47 -0500

Back at the end of December, I posted 17 Frets Chords, a concise chord dictionary. I had been working on a scale encyclopedia too, but hadn’t put the finishing touches on it.

It’s mostly where I want it, but there are some places where it’s not as good as I want, but I figure, might as well release it now.

17 Frets Scales shows the major scale families and their modes, in addition to including available chords for most scales. Like 17 Frets Chords, it’s also indexed by intervals, notes, chord names, scale/mode names and their aliases, which should help you identify the scale you’re looking for.

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17 Frets - Chords, a Guitar Chord Dictionary

17 Frets - Scales, A Guitar Scale Encyclopedia